Puntarenas, ferry terminal to Nicoya

The small town is also the capital of the province Puntarenas.

Only 45,000 people live in Puntarenas. The city is located on a narrow spit of land across the middle of the Gulf of Nicoya. As a destination, Puntarenas is not particularly attractive, but the city has its charm. Most important are the ferries to the Nicoya Peninsula that depature here daily.

There are ferries to Playa Naranjo and to Paquera, to reach the south of the peninsula (Playa Tambor, Playa Montezuma and Malpais). See timetable at: http://www.navieratambor.com/horarios-y-tarifasVery close to the city of Port Caldera: The largest and most important container port on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

The province of Puntarenas is the largest province of Costa Rica, the population lives mainly from fishing in addition to tourism. A portion of the northern, the entire central, and southern Pacific coast belongs to thi province.